Non-refillable bottle.



P. A. HORNIG.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION rnmn Ammo, 1910.

Patented NOV. 7, 1911.

PAUL A. HORNIG, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

Application filed April 30, 1910. Serial No. 558,728.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL A. HonNIo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bottles and more particularly non-refillable bottles, of which the following is a full, clear and exact deseription.

Broadly, the invention consists of a valve arranged in the neck of a bottle and guarded by a cap or plug, the latter being so attached to the bottle as to prevent removal thereof from the bottle without breaking or severing a portion of the latter.

Reference will be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding part-s throughout the several views, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the invention as applied to a bottle, the upper portion only of the bottle ing shown, Fig. 2 is an enlarged top plan view of the lower guard disk, Fig. 3 is a fragmentary View in vertical section of a mothfied form of cap or guard securing means, and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of a modification of the invention.

Reference numeral 1 designates the bottle, the neck 2 of which is provided With an internal valve seat 3 upon which is seated a valve 4, said valve being ground to its seat and serving to prevent liquid from entering the bottle, when the latter is in an upright or nearly upright position. The walls 5 of the portion of the neck opening occupied by the valve 4 diverge upwardly and outwardly from the said valve-seat 3.

The mouth of the bottle is closed by a metal disk 6 of inverted cup-shape, the outer ed es of the disk being forced into grooves 7 firmed in the neck of the bottle, and said grooves being U-shaped serve to bend or curl the outer edges of the disk so that the latter cannot be removed without breaking away a portion of the bottle and thereby indicating that the bottle has been tampered with.

To the under or concave side of the metal disk 6 is secured in any approved manner a. second metallic disk 8. This disk consists of a central flat portion-9 inclosed by curl upwardly as at 12 to permit attachment.

with the said upper disk 6. The portion 11 of the lower disk 8 is provided with a.

single opening 14 controlled by a flap valve 15 hinged to the disk 8 on its upper side with the hinge adjacent the outer edge as illustrated in Fig. 2 and indicated by numeral 16.

The closure disk 6 is provided with a central outlet opening 17 surrounded byadownwardly extending flange 18. The opening 17 and flange 18 are formed by forcing a suitable punch or tool through the top disk so as not to cut away any of the metal, but merely to turn the edges downwardly into a guard fla"- e 18. This guard flange 18 is disposed directly above the portion 9 of the underlying disk and is practically surrounded by the annular bead or flange 10 thereof whereby it is rendered impossible to insert a wire or instrument through the opening 9 for the purpose of tampering with the valve 15.

In Fig. 3, a modified form of cap disk securing means is shown. In this case, the entrance to the groove 7 is substantially vertical instead of horizontal as in Fig. 1, and instead of curling the edges of the disk 6' upwardly and inwardly as in the form shown in Fig. 1, the edges of the disk 6 are curled inwardly and then upwardly.

The bottle being filled with liquid and the valve 4 and guard 68 in place, it will be apparent that liquid can readily flow from the bottle when it is inverted, except when the valve 4 rests on the side of the wall 5 directly adjacent the flap valve opening 14, in which case, the bottle must be turned to move the valve 4 to another position. The reason for this is that when the valve 4 rests directly adjacent the said outlet opening 14, the upper face 20 coincides with the under face 21 of the portion of the lower disk containing the said outlet port and completely covers said outlet port. Any attempts to refill the bottle will be frustrated in the following manner: When the bottle is in an upright position, the liquid if successful in passing valve 15 would be prevented from entering the bottle by the valve 4. When inverted, the valve 4 will either fall against the wall 5 to cover the outlet port 14 or to rest away from the same. When away from the said outlet port 14 the valve 15 by its own weight will naturally close said outlet port. The reason for this construction is that when the bottle is inverted and the side containing the outlet port 14L. is in its lowest position, the weight of the valve 15 will cause it to fall away from the port 14, and were it not for the valve 4 of its own weight falling against the outlet port 14 to cover the same, there would be nothing to prevent refilling of the bottle.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 4, the opening in the bottle neck is provided with a seat 31 to which is ground a valve 32 similar to the valve of Fig. 1, and the walls 33 of the neck opening diverge as in Fig. 1, except that said diverging walls continue to the mouth of the bottle, at which point they merge into rounding seats 34 upon which rest the annular flange 35 of the plug or stopper 36. Projecting beyond the seat ortion 34 is an annular flange 37 which, af ter the plug or stopper is in lace, is heated and bent over upon the said I ange portion 35 of the plug or stopper to firmly secure the latter, so that the plug or stopper cannot be removed without breakin away a portion of the bottle and thereby etra ing that the bottle has been tampered with. The plug or stopper 36 is provided with a central outlet port 38 extending partly therethrough, and branching from one s'de of the said port 38 is a curved port 39, hie latter communicating with the interior of the bottle through the under face of the plug or stopper. This under face is recessed and the walls thereof taper regularly toward what is claimed as new and useful and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is In a bottle, a valve-seat provided in the neck-opening thereof, a closure secured in the mouth of the bottle and having its inner face provided with a concentric valve seat,

a valve arranged in the neck opening intermediate both of said valve seats and faced to register therewith, the walls of the neck opening being expanded to permit lateral movement of the valve, said closure being provided with an outlet opening communicating with the neck interior through the said concentric valve seat at one side of the center of the latter, and an outwardly opening valve arra u, ed in said outlet opening.

In testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL A. HORNIG. Witnesses:

PHILIP WEYFORTH, WM. H. KAMEE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G." 

